Directions to Downtown Portsmouth, NH

  1. Take Exit 7 from Interstate 95.
  2. Turn east toward the ocean on Market Street. Downtown Portsmouth is one mile. (At the fork, the Sheraton Portsmouth, stay to the left.)
  3. For the main parking garage, the High-Hanover Garage (map), turn right off Market Street at Hanover Street.

Parking

Parking in downtown Portsmouth is 75 cents per hour in the High-Hanover public parking garage and $1 per at all metered spaces between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday thru Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday. The parking garage is located within walking distance of all downtown attractions. Free parking is available a short walk from downtown. April through October, free trolley rides are available downtown. Parking Clerk's office is located at City Hall, 1 Junkins Ave.; phone, (603) 610-7229. Map showing all lots.

Bridge Street Lot
67 spaces
2-hour limit
$1 per hour 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Sat. and 12-7 p.m. Sunday Map

Deer-Hanover Parking Facility
200 spaces.
No time limit
$1 per hour - credit cards only.
Entrance via Portwalk Place on Deer Street.
Map

High-Hanover Parking Garage
900 spaces
Open 24 hours a day 7 days a week
75 cents per hour
Public restrooms
Map

Masonic Lot (Free)
Free parking
70 spaces
12-hour limit
6 a.m.-7:30 p.m. (M-Sat)
Map

Parrott Ave Lot (Free)
Free parking
186 spaces
72-hour limit
Map

South Mill Pond Lot (Free)
Free parking
90 spaces
72-hour limit
Map

Vaughn Mall Lot
77 spaces
2-hour limit
$1 per hour 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Sat. and 12-7 p.m. Sunday Map

Wright Ave Lot
46 spaces
4-hour limit
$1 per hour 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Sat. and 12-7 p.m. Sunday Map